Commuter chaos as conductors strike

HUNDREDS of rail services will be cancelled today as staff launch a fresh strike in an increasingly bitter row over conductors.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Southern Railway will stage a 24-hour walkout which will cause travel chaos.

The company warned there will be no service on some routes and a limited number of trains on others, describing the disruption as “totally unnecessary”.

Southern said it expects to run two thirds of its 2,100 services, but warned there will be a “significant” impact.

Several routes will have no service, with only a limited number of trains between 7.30am and 6pm on others.

The two sides blamed each other for the dispute.